The Cure plays CSU’s Wolstein Center on Wednesday. But while these gothy alt-rock grandfathers have a back-catalog of some of the most ecstatic singles in the history of the known universe (“Just Like Heaven” and “Boys Don’t Cry,” to name two), they happen to put on the least kinetic live show ever, standing still while they reduce their greatest songs to shoegazing snoozers, and stuffing sets with 11-minute servings of psychedelic sludge. In other words, if you bought a ticket expecting this … … you’ll have to sit through a couple hours of this:
This article appears in Jun 11-17, 2008.